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Crash Course US History #40- The 1960s

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of protest took place in Greensboro, North Carolina during the 1960s?

a)

Bus boycotts

b)

Marches

c)

Race riots

d)

Sit-ins

2.

Where was Martin Luther King jailed in the 1960s? (He wrote a famous letter from this jail)

a)

Birmingham

b)

Mobile

c)

Atlanta

d)

Selma

3.

Who became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination?

a)

Nixon

b)

Johnson

c)

Carter

d)

Ford

4.

What was the name given to Lyndon Johnson's domestic initiatives that took place from 1965-1967?

a)

Civil Rights Road

b)

The Second New Deal

c)

The Great Society

d)

CORE

5.

In what area of the US were the most violent race riots held?

a)

Watts

b)

Atlanta

c)

Chicago

d)

San Francisco

6.

Who was the African American leader of the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther movement who was killed in 1965?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcom X

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Barry Goldwater

7.

Vietnam galvanized students. What does galvanize mean?

a)

build conservative beliefs

b)

cause apathy

c)

spur into action

d)

cause to become isolated

8.

Who wrote the mystery document? (Hint: From her book "Silent Spring")

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Janis Joplin

c)

Lady Bird Johnson

d)

Rachel Carson

9.

What name was given to the US Supreme Court that made many changes in the 1960s?

a)

Kennedy Court

b)

Jay Court

c)

Madison Court

d)

Warren Court

10.

One of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions made in the 1960s legalized abortions. What was the name of this court case?

a)

Roe vs. Wade

b)

Baker vs Carr

c)

Miranda vs. Arizona

d)

Engel vs. Vitale